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Factors associated with external causes in elderly attended by the mobile emergency care service
Ana Angélica Oliveira de Brito1, Beatriz Barros de Vasconcelos1, Ana Maria Ribeiro Dos Santos1
1Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Teresina, Piauí, Brasil.
Objective:
To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with external causes in elderly people attended by the mobile emergency care service.
Method:
Cross-sectional study with 1,972 pre-hospital care records of elderly victims of external causes from 2019 to 2020. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was performed, with a significance level of 5% (p<0.05).
Results:
The prevalence of external causes in elderly people attended by the mobile emergency service was 12.2%. Falling was the most frequent occurrence. The associations of the occurrence of falls with age from 90 years old (OR=29.31; p<0.001) and female gender (OR=5.38; p<0.001) stood out, as well as the suspicion of ingestion of alcoholic beverages with occurrence of violence (OR=4.17; p<0.001) and traffic accidents (OR=1.97; p<0.001).
Conclusion:
The study showed factors associated with injuries due to external causes in theelderly and may support the formulation of coping strategies for this problem.
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